The Saints need a win in a big way as they almost won last week….but they are still 0-4 on the season.  The Seahawks are tied for first place with the Cardinals in the NFC West, but they were shut out by the Steelers and they looked really bad in the game.

The Saints would like to run the football to balance the offense a bit, but that will be hard against the Seahawks despite how many yards the Steelers ran up last week.  Reggie Bush (147 yards rushing, 2.9 ypc) has not run the ball too well this season and the Seahawks have small and fast linebackers who should be able to stop him.  The Saints would be smart to quit throwing so many short passes and try to stretch the field with the passing game.  Drew Brees only has 1 TD pass and 9 interceptions so far this season so the Saints could have some troubles but the Saints don’t have any other options at the position so they must stick with him.  Still, Marques Colston (22 rec, 216 yards), Eric Johnson (21 rec, 128 yards) and Devery Henderson (8 rec, 146 yards) could find openings against the Seahawks who are allowing 215.0 yards passing per game.

The Seahawks will throw the ball a lot against the Saints on Sunday Night.  The Saints are allowing 218.0 yards passing per game and QB’s have a 114.7 QB Rating against them.  Part of the reason for that is the utter lack of a pass rush by the Saints who only have 1 sack so far this season.  Matt Hasselbeck (90.5 QB Rating) should be able to throw the ball all night long against the Saints but the question is who will he be throwing to?  Look for Bobby Engram (19 rec, 275 yards, 2 TDs) and Nate Burleson (13 rec, 173 yards, 2 TDs) to get most of the work in the passing game.  Don’t be surprised if Seneca Wallace has a big game catching the ball too based on how many injuries the Seahawks currently have in the receiving corps.  Shaun Alexander (378 yards rushing, 3.7 ypc, 2 TDs) could also have a big game against the Saints’ defense which has allowed 109.3 yards rushing per game and 3.6 yards per carry.

PREDICTION:  The Seahawks should win this football game as they will be fired up at home and they will be ready to put up some healthy points against the soft defense of the Saints.  The Saints must be able to throw the ball to keep up with the Seahawks but in the end they will fall short again.